26Apr11

Ukrainian far-left party awards Gaddafi anti-NATO award

Ukraine's far-left Progressive Socialist Party said on Tuesday it has delivered an award to the
Libyan embassy in Kiev naming Muammar Gaddafi a "soldier of anti-NATO resistance."

The Marxist-Leninist party fiercely criticized attempts by the last Ukrainian leadership to join
NATO and supports the closer integration of Ukraine with Russia and Belarus.

"Today, the central committee of the Ukrainian Progressive Socialist Party unanimously
awarded Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi with a 'soldier of anti-NATO resistance' award for
his heroic fight to protect the Libyan people from NATO aggression," the party said in a
statement.

NATO is currently enforcing a UN resolution to protect rebel forces and civilians in Libya in a
civil war that began in February after Gaddafi's troops violently quashed public protests.

[Source: Ria Novosti, Kiev, 26Apr11]

This document has been published on 04May11 by the Equipo Nizkor and Derechos Human Rights. In accordance with
Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a
prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational
purposes.